[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 202 (Friday, October 20, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 72533-72534]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-23350]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[BLM_NV_FRN_MO4500173630]


Notice of Extension of Segregation of Public Lands for the Copper 
Rays Solar Project, Nye County, NV

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of segregation extension.

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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) on October 21, 2021, 
segregated public lands included in the right-of-way application (N-
089655) for the Copper Rays Solar Project from appropriation under the 
public land laws, including the Mining Law, but not the Mineral Leasing 
or Material Sales Acts, for a period of 2 years subject to valid 
existing rights. This 2-year extension of the segregation is necessary 
for the orderly administration of the public lands in order to allow 
the BLM to complete review of the Copper Rays Solar Project application 
and reach a decision on the application.

DATES: This segregation extension for the lands identified in the 
notice of segregation published in the Federal Register on October 21, 
2021 (86 FR 58301) takes effect on October 21, 2023.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information and/or to have 
your name added to the project mailing list, send requests to: Whitney 
Wirthlin, Southern Nevada District Energy and Infrastructure Team, at 
telephone (702) 515-5284; address 4701 North Torrey Pines Drive, Las 
Vegas, NV 89130-2301; or email [email protected]. 
Individuals in the United States who are deaf, deafblind, hard of 
hearing, or have a speech disability may dial 711 (TTY, TDD, or 
TeleBraille) to access telecommunications relay services for contacting 
Whitney Wirthlin. Individuals outside the United States should use the 
relay services offered within their country to make international calls 
to the point-of contact in the United States.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice extends the segregation 
published in the Federal Register on October 21, 2021 (86 FR 58301) for 
an additional 2 years. Copper Rays Solar, LLC, a subsidiary of Leeward 
Renewable Energy, LLC, submitted a right-of-way application to the BLM 
Pahrump Field Office for the Copper Rays Solar Project requesting 
authorization to construct, operate, maintain, and eventually 
decommission a 700-megawatt

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photovoltaic solar electric generating facility, battery storage 
facilities, associated generation tie-line, and access road facilities.
    The BLM has made substantial progress in the review of the Copper 
Rays Solar Project right-of-way application; however, the BLM needs 
additional time to complete the review and make a decision on the 
application. The BLM completed the application evaluation determination 
process required by regulations found at 43 CFR part 2800 and 
determined it was appropriate to continue processing the application. 
On November 14, 2022, the BLM published a Notice of Intent to Amend the 
Las Vegas Resource Management Plan and Prepare an Environmental Impact 
Statement for the Proposed Copper Rays Solar Project in Nye County, 
Nevada in the Federal Register (87 FR 68187). The BLM is currently 
preparing the Draft Resource Management Plan Amendment/Environmental 
Impact Statement.
    Authority: 43 CFR 2091.3-1(e) and 43 CFR 2804.25(f).

Jon K. Raby,
Nevada State Director.
[FR Doc. 2023-23350 Filed 10-19-23; 8:45 am]
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